Pocket ornament



H. M. ISAACS.

POCKET ORNAMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 1919.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT M. ISAACS, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

POCKET ORNAMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

Application filed August 1, 1919. Serial No. 314,652.

To (17/ whom 2'! may concern:

Be it known that I. Hnnnnn'r M. ISAACS,

-a citizen of the Inited States, and a resident of Newark, county ofEssex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and. usefulImprovements in Pocket 0rnaments, of which the following is aspecification.

This is an invention relating to wearing apparel and is designed toprovide an article that can be inserted in the pocket and will have theappearance. on the outside, of the corner of a handkerchief, and whichis arranged to present different pieces of fabric successively, themajor portion of the device being hidden in the pocket and oneprojecting end only being in view.

The projecting parts of this device, that is, the fabric, are preferablysilk. so that as each one is presented it has the appearance of thecorner of a silk handkerchief, and, if desired, these pieces can be ofdifferent colors so that the wearer has at his disposal.

several different colored fabrics. any of which can be used either tosuit the fancy or to be more appropriate to the color of the suit withwhich it is worn.

At present, many men who desire to utilize the upper pocket of a coatfor the dis play of the corner of a handkerchief, usually of coloredsilk, are under the necessity of putting a whole handkerchief in thepocket and showing but a small corner of it, and as it is purelyornamental, this is, in a sense, expensive.

In my invention the manufacture of these articles will permit the use ofremnants, as no whole handkerchief is used, but a number of pieces,preferably of different colors, are employed which can be successivelybrought into position so that the partly project from the top of thepocket, and this projecting part has the appearance of being a part of ahandkerchief.

In the preferred form of this invention I arrange the pieces of fabricon a support, which can be arranged so that the pieces can be rotatedwithin the pocket, the piece that is uppermost having its end projectingfrom the top of the pocket, the other pieces being concealed within thepocket.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of part of a coat, illustrating myimproved pocket ornament in position. Fig. 2 is a side view of one formof the pocket ornament with a fastening strip in section and the pocketand part of the coat being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a front viewof the article shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a section showing amodified form of pivotal support.

In the drawing 10 represents a coat and 11 is a pocket, usually theupper breast pocket of the coat, and within the pocket my improvedornament is installed. The invention consists of several pieces offabric 12, which can be of any suitable material or form, but I preferto use silk, and these can be of small pieces, preferably pointed at theend so as to simulate, when projecting from the pocket, the corner of ahandkerchief, although other forms can be employed. These pieces 12 areusually of different colors and one can replace the other at the top soas to be successively brought into view and to project partly from theopen or top part of the pocket.

One means of permitting such successive .display is by mounting thesepieces on a suitable support, and, if desired, this support can be madeso that the pieces can be rotated. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3the pieces 12 are mounted on a central hub 13 provided on the back witha button 14, the button 14: being placd in a suitable buttonhole andthus held against settling too far into the pocket, and providing asubstantiall fixed point around which the pieces of fabric can berotated.

In the form shown, the button is fastened to a strip 15, which is sewedto one of the sides of the pocket and is provided with a buttonhole 16,into which the button 14 is buttoned. In this way it is possible toreach into-the pocket to pull on the piece of fabric that it is desiredto display, and by turning this to the top it will be placed in positionwhere it can be seen, projecting slightly from the pocket.

A modified form of hub is shown in Fig. 4, in which the plate 17 has thepieces 12 secured to it by any suitable means, such as the staples 18,and is pivoted, by suitable means, such as a rivet 1.), to the button 20which is provided with a pin 21. The pin 21 is used to fasten the deviceto the inside of the pocket. and when so fastened, the hub 17, with thepieces of fabric 12, can be rotated as above described.

It will be understood that modifications of the fastening means can bemade withtion.

With this device the wearer can have a number of different coloredpieces of fabric and have at his disposal changes to replace a soiledpiece, or a different colored piece, without the necessity of purchasingcomplete handkerchiefs of these different colors. The manufacture ofthese devices is cheap, because remnants in many cases can be used inmaking up the device. and there is no bulging or projecting content inthe pocket, as the device is substantially fiat.

I claim:

1. An ornament for use in a pocket of a garment, said ornamentcomprising a rotatable support having pieces of fabric projectingradially therefrom and adapted to be moved edgewise in the pocket whenthe support is rotated so as to successively present the outer ends ofthe pieces to view.

2. An ornament for use in a pocket of a garment, said ornamentcomprising a support which includes a securing means and a rotatableelement on said securing means, and pieces of fabric projecting radiallyfrom the rotatable element and lying flat in the pocket so that they aremoved edgewise and successively presented to view when said element isrotated.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this31st day of July, 1919.

' HERBERT M. ISAACS.

